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y SLEIGH RUNNER. No. 448,754.

Patented Mar. 24, 1891.

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SLEIGH-RUNNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,754, dated March24, 1891.

Application tiled January 6, 1891. Serial No. 876,849. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t 11mg/ concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN RADLEY, a citizen of Great Britain, Vresidingat Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleigh-Runners; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention has relation to improvements in sleigh runners of theclass designed to be removably secured to the wheels or running-gear ofa vehicle, (wheeled5) and it consists in the construction and novelarrangement and combination o'E parts, all as will be hereinafter fullydescribed. y

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinvention, in which- Figure l represents a vertical longitudinalsectional view of my device. FigQQ is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 isa detail sectional view of a portion of one of the runners. Fig. 4 is adetail view of a portion of the transverse rod c; and Fig. 5 is a sideview of the device, showing a modification.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates thesleigh-runners, which are constructed wit-h the curved front end in theusual manner and having a tire, and at the outside thereof is provided ametal shield or plate a, which extends from front to rear thereof, andalso extends somewhat above the upper surface of the runner, as shown inthe annexed drawings.

To the inner face of each of the runners is removably secured uprightsor supports b b, which are connected together at their upper ends by across bar or rod c, the same being pivoted to the ends thereof. Thesesupports form legs, and the same are perforated at their lower ends,through which passes a setscrew d, which latter engages a femalethreadedblock e, set within the runner and being tiush with the innerfacethereof. This `cross-bar c is provided with a pair of loops f,

each of which is arranged near each end of said bar, and said loops areprovided with straps g, having buckles, whereby the bar can be firmlysecured to the axle or a wheeled vehicle.

To the inner face of each runner is secured one end of a chain h, whilethe Vfree end thereof is designed to be attached tio theaxle or otherconvenient part of the vehicle.

It will thus be seen that Iprovide adetachable runner for wheeledvehicles, which can be readily applied or detached from a vehicle in avery short time, and in case it 1s desirable to store the runners whennot in use and to take up very little room, the thumb-screw on eachrunner can bewithdrawn, and by the legs turning on the pivotal endsthereof said legs and bar, with its strap, can be laid iiat, and it issimple in operation, easily and quickly applied to a vehicle, as well asbeing removed therefrom, and it is also durable and at the same timecheap to manufacture.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

In a device of the character described, the combinatiomwith the runners,the legs or su pports secured to the runners by the thnmbscrews, theside plates, the cross-bar having the loop and pivotally connected t0said legs, the strap engaging said loop, and the staychains, allsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence ot` two witnesses.

JOHN RADLEY. lVitn ess es:

CHAs. M. RAMsAY, ALBERT SPIEs.

